The Employment Source is recruiting students for a six-week industrial maintenance course in automation controls.

Classes are offered through the Business and Community Services Division of Kent State University Tuscarawas and funded by a grant from American Electric Power. Applicants for the course must have a high school diploma or equivalent and be a resident of Stark or Tuscarawas counties. No previous experience in industrial maintenance is required.

A limited number of applicants will be accepted.

Students will received training needed to troubleshoot and repair high tech equipment used in a variety of industries. The training could lead to a job in a high demand occupation, the Employment Source stated.

Classes are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Kent State Tuscarawas campus beginning Jan. 27.

For more information, contact Melissa in Stark County at 330-491-2622 or Linda in Tuscarawas County at 330-602-2853.